Pneumatic tire.



H; L. DAZEY.

PNEUMATIG TIRE. APPLICATION FILED APR. 2,1. 1908.

Patented May 3, 1910.

narrar L. naznr. or nanas, Texas.

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Specioatlon o! Letters Patent.

Patented May 3, 1910.

Application led April 21, 1908. -Serial No. 428,415.

To alt 'whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY L. Daznr, citizen of the United States, residing ut Dallas, in the county of Dallas and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements, in Pneumatic Tires, of which the following is n specification.

ll/Iy invention relates to new and useful improvements in pneumatic tires.

The object of the invention is to incorporate in the tire, flexible reinforcing inea-ns and to extend said reinforcing means transversely through the outer casing of the tire from one side to the other, thereby strengthening the casing at points where it is usually weak and generally breaks and wears out.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of the character described that will be strong, durable, efiicientand simple, and comparatively inexpensive to construct, and also one in which the several parts will not be liable to get out of working order.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention has rela-tion to certain novel features of construction and operation, an example of which is described in the following specication and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a transverse sectional view of my 1m roved tire casing, Fig. 2 is a plan View o a portion of the tire, broken away to show the reinforcing means, and Fig. 3 is a detail ofthe reinforcing means.

In carrying out my invention I construct the outer casing, indicated in the drawn by the numeral 1, with a rubber or elastlc body 2 of the usual shape in use at the present time. The body is mounted on the usual shoe strips 3 about which two separated plies of fabric 4 are assed having their free ends terminating in the neck portion 5 of the body. These plies form the inner lining of the casing and are suitably connected to and embedded in the body, passing around the strips 3 as shown in Fig. l.

It is a well known fact that the outer casing of a tire generally splits or breaks at the neck portions 5, as these portions are forced against the rim of the wheel with more or ess pressure in proportion to the degree to which the tire is inflated. While the tread of the casing may be re-covcred and repaired, it is ve 1tlicult and almost impossible to repair realrs in the nook portion and consequently what is known. ns a blowout generally results from these breaks.

One of the features of my invention is to strengthen the casin at the neck portion andi enerally throug out the body. In accomp ishing this, I provide reinforcing means in the nature of two sections of wire link fabric G embedded in the strips 3 and extending through the body 2 and connected at the center of the tread of the casing. Each section is formed along its lower edge of a lon itudinal chain of straight links 7 embedde in the strip 3 at substantially the center thereof. Each section is built up from the chain 7 with inverted U-shaped wire links 8 and 9 alternating in alinement transversely of the casing. The links at their free ends are formed with loops or eyes 10, those of the links 8 engaging about the links 7, while those of the llnks 9 engage the links 8 and connect the subsequent links 9. Only the links 8 are embedded in the strips 3, the connection with the first row of links 9 occurring at the intersection of the strips with the body and thereby obvia-ting a rigid connection at this point which would be detrimental to the life of the casing and interfere with its elasticity.

The sections pass through the body between the doubled portions of the tabrio plies 4 at the neck portion and on through the body to-the tread, being firmly embedded in the body nea-rer to lts inner side. The sections are connected at the tread or central portion of the tire by U-shaped links 11 each bent to engage two links of the section at one end and provided with eyes or looped ends 12 engaging two links of the opposite section an thus forming a liexible connection. This reinforcement of linked fabric while strengthening the casing, will not interfere to any extent with the resiliency of the tire and at the saine time will resist to the breaking point, all undue outward pressure and thus not only reinforcing the casing but the plies 4 and sugiortin them against bursting outwar `l1e hnk fabric passino' through the neck portions and between the plies 4 not only greatly strengthens the same and tends to obviate breaking of the casing, but where the Casin does break will prevent blow-outs anc not only hold the inner casings intact, but the Outer casing in shape. By securing the lower end of the sections in t'hehard:Stripatgthey ar position-andi xevengedfv4 l fiabev body and bucklmggwille `them to become loosemithln' would be detrimental t0 'thelife of b the ,Contact of the outer easing wlth glass, s` arp stones, and other obstacles, whlch ppon 'coming into contact with the said mforcng means, will be turned to one/side and bad cuts or` incisions obviated.

What I claim, is:

A tire rovded with a metallic armor embedded tgerein consisting of approximately U-shaped rectangular links alternately ar bodxgannd, theeamej By reason of the metallic reinforcement, the inner casing will be preteetedrem puncture;

and

yagpund 11th@ ftire for se.

'clii'xfi the inner 4e ges of the armor in place in @embedded in the rimengeging portion 0,. the tim..

lIn'.izeetunony whereof I have signed my name to this specication-in the presence of two Subscrlbmgwitneses.

Witnesses HARRY L. DAZEY.

JAGK A. SCHLEY, E. V. HARDWAY. 

